Shoe-counter.



J. F. MOMAHON.

SHOE COUNTER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 17, 1914.

1,113,031. Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

7 4 1 I 511 mm:

JOHN FRANCIS McMAI-ION, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHOE-COUNTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Application filed January 17, 1914. Serial No. 812,772.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FRANCIS Mo- Manon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Shoe-Counters, of which the following is a specification.

The general object of this invention is the provision of a counter, which may be positioned within a shoe, when the original counter of the shoe becomes worn and broken. It is well-known that in many cases, the interior of the counter becomes worn by friction with the heel and other causes, and is especially noted in wearers who have cause for walking, that by virtue of the original counter being formed of inferior material and the like, the counter soon becomes worn.

This invention tends to remedy this defeet and consists ofa single-piece of leather formed so as to provide a pocket, and having secured thereto an attaching portion for securing the device within a shoe.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the rear and bottom showing the method of forming the counter. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the blank from which the counter is formed. Fig. 4 is a modified form of my invention.

The device, as shown in the drawings, is composed of the counter a and the attaching portion 6. It will be noted that the device 5 is shaped correspondingly to the usual counter and is adapted for the reception of the human heel, and obviously when manufactured will be made in various sizes so as to be accommodated in the usual sizes of shoes.

The counter a is formed preferably of leather, and is stamped from a single piece of material into a blank, such as is shown in Fig. 3, providing thereby the bottom 6,

sides 7-7 and tongue 12, and to facilitate the bending of these parts the blank is scored as shown in the dotted lines 10. One end of the bottom6is rounded as at 8, which corresponds to the curved outline of a heel, and thus admits of the counter being accommodated within the usual counter of a shoe when desired.

The ends 99 of the sides are of sufficient length to be shaped around the curved end S of the bottom, and thus form the rear side of the counter a as shown in Fig. 2; the edges of the ends 9 are adapted to contact with each other and are each secured by a suitable adhesive 11 to the tongue 12 which is bent up from the bottom as is also shown in Fig. 9..

The attaching portion 6 is formed of a textile fabric, such as canvas or the like, and consists of a single piece of material secured to the upper edge of the counter a byany suitable means, such as by adhesive or by stitching. The height of the sides 14. of the attaching portion may be any convenient size sufliciently large to enable the sides being attached to the interior of the shoe, by any of the usual methods as by stitching, cement or the like. In order to augment the securing of the counter Within the shoe, the exterior surfaces of the counter may be also treated with cement, which will obviously adhere to the interior of the shoe.

What is claimed as new is:

A counter for shoes comprising a body of relatively inflexible material having a bottom portion, side portions and a tongue portion, the said side portions and ton 'ue portion upstanding from the bottom portion and an attaching portion of relatively flexible material attached to the upstanding portions of the body and having a single thickness extending above the upper edges thereof.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN FRANCIS McMAHON.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DONEGHY, Gno. A. BYRNE. 

